מִבְחָר

Genesis 23:6 בְּמִבְחַ֣ר in [the] choicest of

“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

Exodus 15:4 וּמִבְחַ֥ר and [the] choicest of

Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

Deuteronomy 12:11 מִבְחַ֣ר [the] choicest of

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

Here: From the same root as 'choose' (bachar). God chooses the place; Israel brings its 'chosen', its best. The wordplay pairs God's choice with the people's choice.

Isaiah 22:7 מִבְחַר־ [the] choicest of

Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

Isaiah 37:24 מִבְחַ֣ר [the] choicest of

Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

Here: From 'to choose': the pick, the finest. Together with 'stature', it presents the king as taking the very best Lebanon has.

Jeremiah 22:7 מִבְחַ֣ר [the] choicest of

I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.

Jeremiah 48:15 וּמִבְחַ֥ר and [the] choicest of

Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

Ezekiel 23:7 מִבְחַ֥ר [were] [the] choicest of

She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.

Ezekiel 24:4 מִבְחַ֥ר [the] choicest of

Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.

Ezekiel 24:5 מִבְחַ֤ר [the] choicest of

Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’

Ezekiel 31:16 מִבְחַ֥ר [the] choicest

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

Here: 'The choice (part)', the elite selection, the kind of timber a king would pick. It stresses that the very best have ended up below.

Daniel 11:15 מִבְחָרָ֔יו choicest ones his

Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.